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  <title id="dm20941">DROP USER</title>
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    <p id="sql_command_desc">Removes a database role.</p>
    <section id="section2">
      <title>Synopsis</title>
      <codeblock id="sql_command_synopsis">DROP USER [IF EXISTS] <varname>name</varname> [, ...]</codeblock>
    </section>
    <section id="section3">
      <title>Description</title>
      <p><codeph>DROP USER</codeph> is an alias for <codeph><xref href="DROP_ROLE.xml#topic1"
            type="topic" format="dita"/></codeph>. See <codeph><xref href="DROP_ROLE.xml#topic1"
            type="topic" format="dita"/></codeph> for more information.</p>
    </section>
    <section id="section5">
      <title>Compatibility</title>
      <p>There is no <codeph>DROP USER</codeph> statement in the SQL standard. The SQL standard
        leaves the definition of users to the implementation. </p>
    </section>
    <section id="section6">
      <title>See Also</title>
      <p><codeph><xref href="DROP_ROLE.xml#topic1" type="topic" format="dita"/></codeph>,
            <codeph><xref href="CREATE_USER.xml#topic1" type="topic" format="dita"/></codeph></p>
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